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Aquarium Care: Fine
as juveniles but with most larger Syno's will get a little teritorial
going into adulthood. A 4ft tank or above with larger tankmates
such as Rasboras, African tetras or Cichlids will do fine. Breeding:
In their natural habitat they are nonguarders of their eggs and
as substratum egg scatterers they will scatter them in open water.
Not bred in aquarium so far but some have turned up as hybrids,
crossed with other Syno species in Eastern Europe. Diet:
As with most of the Synodontis genus they will accept
a wide range of foods and can be fed on a good quality flake,
tablet, pelet and frozen foods such as bloodworm. Remarks:
the last three thumbnail images show a gold/yellow variety that
is thought to be S. nigrita which is probably farmed
for this trait which has proven to be very popular. Sold in shops
as the "Mustard Catfish".